A close-up and personal look at Switzerland
I was never very big on gardening. Of course, I lived in the middle of Berne for 26 years. There wasn’t really any room to do anything with plants, except maybe houseplants. Now that we live in the ‘country’ there… Read moreSwiss Horticulture and Gardening
What makes a Swiss, Swiss? It can get pretty blurry if you’ve never been here. The non-knowing usually end up with the wrong perception. Typically it is a picture of someone wearing leather shorts, a green hat and drinking beer…. Read moreWhat Makes a Swiss Swiss (part 1)
“Bureaucracy is a specific form of organization defined by complexity, division of labor, permanence, professional management, hierarchical coordination and control, strict chain of command, and legal authority”*. Now isn’t that a mouthful? We’ve all had to deal with various forms… Read moreBureaucracy at its Very Best
Fundraising, charities and nonprofit organizations are all about helping other people not as lucky as ourselves. This is neither a Swiss nor an American thing, it’s a humane thing. The school systems in both Switzerland and America also encourage doing… Read moreSwiss and American Charities
Egg cartons warn ‘this product contains eggs’, milk cartons that have a label ‘contains lactose’. Really? Sometimes I think ‘They can’t be serious!’ Can anyone really be that stupid and not know that eggs contain eggs or milk contains lactose?… Read moreOnly in America
Italy is just to the south of Switzerland. As I’ve mentioned before, I find it amazing all you have to do is cross the Alps and you enter Oz. A different language, different architecture, different climate, in short, a different… Read moreItalians, a Culture of Their Own
Ben worked for an American company on a telephone project in Switzerland a couple of years ago. He found the work and the people extremely interesting. For a little entertainment someone hung a description of the qualities a multinational employee… Read moreThe Multinational Employee Has… Stereotypes and Cliché
The Swiss love learning so they take lots and lots of courses. Quite often the company pays for their courses which makes it even nicer. Keeping up to date on company time. After awhile it turns to habit, so even… Read moreTaking Courses in Switzerland
Times are tough for companies state owned or not; they must run efficiently. The Swiss post is a public company owned by the Swiss Confederation. Even as Switzerland’s second largest employer they are tightening their belts and streamlining processes to… Read moreThe Swiss Post, their Services and Mailboxes
Collecting is in our nature. Our ancestors were hunters and gatherers before turning into farmers and pastoralists. While some of us have less urge to gather or collect things, collecting still runs strong in others. Collect, collect and collect some… Read moreCollecting and Getting Rid of Things
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